53 m. ago The leadership rumours inside Labour that speak volumes about Starmer’s future

Voters are unconvinced they have seen much change after the ‘14 years of Tory failure’ that Starmer so often talks about. Every day that this sentiment is allowed to fester, the likelihood of a coup within the Labour Party increases, writes Millie Cooke

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12 h. ago Funeral for mob boss Eddie Lyons Jnr and Ross Monaghan takes place in Glasgow

Eddie Lyons Jnr and Ross Monaghan were executed Costa Del Sol after a gangland feud between the Daniel and Lyons organised crime clans erupted earlier this year

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37 h. ago Julio Cesar Chavez Jr arrested by Ice amid organised crime charges days after losing to Jake Paul

Federal officials say Chavez Jr will be deported back to Mexico where he faces organised crime charges

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45 h. ago Killer who stabbed teenager to death in 'murderous' gangland feud dating back years faces life behind bars

Kamal Nuur (pictured), 19, was murdered in a pushbike 'ride out' by 21-year-old Michael Lebbie after a series of tit-for-tat stabbings in north London.

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48 h. ago Moment police arrest 'Albanian organised crime gang members' after spate of million

Cheshire Police detectives swooped on three addresses in Walsall, Sutton Coldfield and Birmingham and cuffed three Albanian men aged 27, 28 and 30 and a British woman aged 33.

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64 h. ago Welsh drug gang boss fled to Spain and South America as the net closed

Paul Harris, 28, ran an organised crime gang based in southeast Wales which was involved in the wholesale supply of cocaine and ketamine

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3 d. ago Mexican cartel civil war escalates as four decapitated bodies hung from bridge

Officials in Mexico have been ordered to review their plans for tackling organised crime after a wave of bodies were found scattered across the city of Culiacan - with some heads detached

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8 d. ago ‘We are perilously close to the point of no return’: climate scientist on Amazon rainforest’s future

Carlos Nobre, who has fought for decades to save the rainforest, says up to 70% of it could be lost if a tipping point is reachedFor more than three decades, Brazilian climate scientist Carlos Nobre has warned that deforestation of the Amazon could push this globally important ecosystem past the point of no return. Working first at Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research and more recently at the University of São Paulo, he is a global authority on tropical forests and how they could be restored. In this interview, he explains the triple threat posed by the climate crisis, agribusiness and organised crime. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Hazardous waste among 30,000 tonnes of rubbish dumped in woods linked to organised crime

The illegal dumping has been described as an ‘environmental disaster’ by residents

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1 week ago Essex farm at heart of car smuggling ring linked to London crime epidemic

Baldwins Farm, in Essex, has been associated with organised crime where stolen cars have ended up with arrests taking place where criminals have ended up in prison for drug and firearm charges.

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1 week ago The Essex farm at the centre of an international car smuggling ring: How remote spot by the M25 is linked to London's car crime epidemic.. and its dark past as a hotbed for organised crime

Like many farms, Baldwins in south Essex is reached by winding lanes and surrounded by green fields.

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2 w. ago Police believe this Ford is a 'pool car' used by an organised crime group

Since officers seized the car, no one has come forward to claim it...

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2 w. ago Swinney: Excluding disruptive pupils risks pushing them into organised crime

The First Minister defending guidance saying the measure should be a ‘last resort’

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2 w. ago Cost of rural crime in Scotland falls by a third as countryside unites to tackle organised and serious crime, NFU Mutual reveals

The cost of rural crime in Scotland fell by 33% to an estimated £1.2m in 2024, highlighting the positive effects of co-ordinated action against organised and serious crime in the countryside, new figures from NFU Mutual reveal.

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3 w. ago Former police chief makes plea over youth violence and knife crime

The former head of the Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency says a Scottish Government summit on youth violence can stop teenagers becoming involved in organised crime

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3 w. ago HMRC phishing scam rises to £49m as MPs criticise ‘unacceptable’ delay

Approximately 100,000 taxpayers were affected by an ‘organised crime’ incident which started last year

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4 w. ago HMRC letter sent to 100,000 UK residents after 'data violation'

HMRC is contacting anyone affected after an "organised crime" incident saw 100,000 people's tax accounts targeted

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4 w. ago Young Scots groomed by gangsters to carry out crimes due to 'reduced risk' of being jailed

The SNP Government has been accused of failing to tackle organised crime after two notorious Scots gangsters were gunned down in Spain.

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last month Drug dealer who benefited by £125,000 ordered to pay back just £42,000

Christopher Heaney, 48, was a member of an organised crime gang which was brought down by the arrest of Steven Creasey, 67, from Cardiff, who was stopped by police in Scotland

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last month Gangland feud whistleblower says "cancer of organised crime" allowed to fester

Former Glasgow City councillor Billy McAllister believes the current violence involving the rival Lyons and Daniel families could have been avoided when he first raised concerns with the authorities in 2000.

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